You should know by now how important backing up your data can be. This is especially true when you’re heading off to school, or moving to a new place. Not only can your external hard drive act as a backup for all of your school work, term papers, exam notes, and the like, but it can be a lifesaver if something ever happened to your laptop. Dorm parties and continual transportation to and from class can leave your machine vulnerable to... 

Another fine day in paradise, another fine external hard drive for archivists to consider. Seagate has just announced its latest FreeAgent Go USB 2.0 drive, a pocket-sized external HDD with a 2.5-inch 500GB disc in there ready to be stuffed with your favorite blurred images and shakycam videos from the decade that was… except for the 20GB or so that’s already claimed. In a move that may or may not be indicative of forward progress... 

ioSafe is running a great deal with Costco right now, you can buy their ioSafe Solo (which John reviewed ) for a great price, and also get an additional year of data recovery for free. The drive is currently on sale for $229.99 ( ordered online ), and is regularly priced at $259.99 and doesn’t normally include the additional year of data recovery. Having personally seen one of these set on fire , I’m seriously considering picking... 

By Evan Ackerman Earlier this month, we posted a review of Cloud Engines’ Pogoplug , a piece of hardware that takes USB hard drives and makes them network accessible (among other things). Iomega has come out with another option for centralizing your storage, called the iConnect. Like the Pogoplug, the iConnect lets you plug in standard USB drives, and then puts them on your home network. Plus, it throws a whole bunch of other cool stuff... 

Just like any other desk accessory, your external hard drive has the potential to make a statement. It’s not just a box of parts and memory – it’s an extension of your personality. Let it exclaim how fashionable, chic, and put-together you are! Check out a few of these great looking external hard drives, and get your credit card ready – they’re all  Read More →

By Chris Scott Barr In my grandpa’s attic you will find, among other things, 40 years worth of National Geographic Magazine. Let me tell you, that takes up a lot of room. If you’re looking for something very specific in one of the issues, you can bet that it’s going to take a little while to find (mostly because they’re all stored in boxes). Of course if …  Read More →

Cloud Engines has unveiled a new version of their Pogoplug hard drive mobile access networker sharing thingy. Um, let me take another stab at that: Pogoplug (which we first saw last year at CES ) is a little tiny computer that talks to USB hard drives and makes their content accessible from anywhere, and easily sharable with anyone. It doesn’t do anything that you couldn’t do with all kinds of major networking headaches, but that’s...